CWE-284
DiscouragedImproper Access Control
Abstraction: Pillar · Status: Incomplete
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
7787 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-R7CF-WJ4W-P5CQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-01 00:34 – Updated: 2026-07-01 15:35Insufficient policy enforcement in StorageAccessAPI in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-14155"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-30T23:17:26Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Insufficient policy enforcement in StorageAccessAPI in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)",
"id": "GHSA-r7cf-wj4w-p5cq",
"modified": "2026-07-01T15:35:11Z",
"published": "2026-07-01T00:34:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14155"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/518246925"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7CM-G469-WM4G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-13 09:31 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:02Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.4-p8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"versions": [
"2.4.7"
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"versions": [
"2.4.6"
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"versions": [
"2.4.5"
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"versions": [
"2.4.4"
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.4.6-p1"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.6-p6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.4.5-p1"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.5-p8"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "magento/community-edition"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.4-p9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-34107"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-07T15:58:26Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-13T09:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7, 2.4.4-p8 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.",
"id": "GHSA-r7cm-g469-wm4g",
"modified": "2024-08-07T16:02:05Z",
"published": "2024-06-13T09:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34107"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/magento/magento2/commit/30877fce83b793f71421c47347885cf076e81799"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/magento/magento2/commit/a3c6d6e5e95e63031e4df26cfcf76feace7549c2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/magento/magento2/commit/c5c538810b87449886f4669cb8abbe8e5593c83c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/magento/magento2/commit/d10435b11ada4e502dca7539f8fd31d059d3c482"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/magento/magento2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb24-40.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Magento Open Source Improper Access Control vulnerability"
}
GHSA-R7GW-FGRC-GXXJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:18 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:07An issue was discovered in components/com_users/models/registration.php in Joomla! before 3.6.5. Incorrect filtering of registration form data stored to the session on a validation error enables a user to gain access to a registered user's account and reset the user's group mappings, username, and password, as demonstrated by submitting a form that targets the registration.register task.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-9838"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-12-16T09:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in components/com_users/models/registration.php in Joomla! before 3.6.5. Incorrect filtering of registration form data stored to the session on a validation error enables a user to gain access to a registered user\u0027s account and reset the user\u0027s group mappings, username, and password, as demonstrated by submitting a form that targets the `registration.register` task.",
"id": "GHSA-r7gw-fgrc-gxxj",
"modified": "2025-04-12T13:07:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T01:18:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9838"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41157"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5693-joomla-3-6-5-released.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94893"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7H7-CHH4-5RVM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-24 20:56 – Updated: 2024-04-24 20:56Gitea 0.9.99 through 1.12.x before 1.12.6 does not prevent a git protocol path that specifies a TCP port number and also contains newlines (with URL encoding) in ParseRemoteAddr in modules/auth/repo_form.go.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0.9.99"
},
{
"fixed": "1.12.6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-28991"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-24T20:56:53Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Gitea 0.9.99 through 1.12.x before 1.12.6 does not prevent a git protocol path that specifies a TCP port number and also contains newlines (with URL encoding) in ParseRemoteAddr in modules/auth/repo_form.go.",
"id": "GHSA-r7h7-chh4-5rvm",
"modified": "2024-04-24T20:56:53Z",
"published": "2024-04-24T20:56:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28991"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/13525"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.12.6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Improper Access Control in Gitea"
}
GHSA-R7M6-Q359-FPRM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:27 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:32ikiwiki 3.20161219 does not properly check if a revision changes the access permissions for a page on sites with the git and recentchanges plugins and the CGI interface enabled, which allows remote attackers to revert certain changes by leveraging permissions to change the page before the revision was made.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10026"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-02-13T18:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "ikiwiki 3.20161219 does not properly check if a revision changes the access permissions for a page on sites with the git and recentchanges plugins and the CGI interface enabled, which allows remote attackers to revert certain changes by leveraging permissions to change the page before the revision was made.",
"id": "GHSA-r7m6-q359-fprm",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:32:41Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:27:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10026"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ikiwiki.info/security/#index46h2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://ikiwiki.info/bugs/rcs_revert_can_bypass_authorization_if_affected_files_were_renamed"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/21/3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/29/3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7V3-5VR7-WHR6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:40 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:40Unspecified vulnerability in the Secure Global Desktop component in Oracle Virtualization 4.7 and 5.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and availability via vectors through Web Services.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-5580"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-10-25T14:30:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Unspecified vulnerability in the Secure Global Desktop component in Oracle Virtualization 4.7 and 5.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and availability via vectors through Web Services.",
"id": "GHSA-r7v3-5vr7-whr6",
"modified": "2022-05-17T03:40:31Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:40:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5580"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93632"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7WF-7QGJ-JJHC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:09 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:09admin/batch_manager.php in Piwigo through 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct File Inclusion attacks via the $page['tab'] variable (aka the mode parameter).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10084"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2016-12-30T07:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "admin/batch_manager.php in Piwigo through 2.8.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct File Inclusion attacks via the $page[\u0027tab\u0027] variable (aka the mode parameter).",
"id": "GHSA-r7wf-7qgj-jjhc",
"modified": "2022-05-17T03:09:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T03:09:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10084"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/572#issuecomment-268252202"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/9dd92959f6975099e0c62163a846a4648a6a920f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95164"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7WP-JGVH-5VJ5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-05 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:29An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform v18.00.0072. A specially-crafted series of network requests can lead to arbitrary authentication. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-31242"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-287"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-05T17:15:08Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform v18.00.0072. A specially-crafted series of network requests can lead to arbitrary authentication. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-r7wp-jgvh-5vj5",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:29:07Z",
"published": "2023-09-05T18:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31242"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1769"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1769"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7WR-VR9Q-M8F9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-23 18:31 – Updated: 2026-06-23 18:31A missing access control check when linking trackers to campaigns through the campaign-trackers.php script of Revive Adserver 6.0.6 and earlier could allow a low‑privileged user to link their trackers to campaigns owned by other managers on the same instance, resulting in inconsistent ownership relationships. Ownership validation has been added to ensure that campaigns can only be linked to trackers owned by the same advertiser.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-34913"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-23T17:16:53Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A missing access control check when linking trackers to campaigns through the campaign-trackers.php script of Revive Adserver 6.0.6 and earlier could allow a low\u2011privileged user to link their trackers to campaigns owned by other managers on the same instance, resulting in inconsistent ownership relationships. Ownership validation has been added to ensure that campaigns can only be linked to trackers owned by the same advertiser.",
"id": "GHSA-r7wr-vr9q-m8f9",
"modified": "2026-06-23T18:31:41Z",
"published": "2026-06-23T18:31:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34913"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3650582"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-R7XV-7W95-W6C7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-11 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:23Improper access control vulnerability in Buffalo network devices allows a network-adjacent attacker to obtain specific files of the product. As a result, the product settings may be altered. The affected products and versions are as follows: BS-GSL2024 firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GSL2016P firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GSL2016 firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GS2008 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2016 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2024 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2048 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2008P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2016P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, and BS-GS2024P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-24544"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-04-11T09:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper access control vulnerability in Buffalo network devices allows a network-adjacent attacker to obtain specific files of the product. As a result, the product settings may be altered. The affected products and versions are as follows: BS-GSL2024 firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GSL2016P firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GSL2016 firmware Ver. 1.10-0.03 and earlier, BS-GS2008 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2016 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2024 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2048 firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2008P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, BS-GS2016P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier, and BS-GS2024P firmware Ver. 1.0.10.01 and earlier",
"id": "GHSA-r7xv-7w95-w6c7",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:23:55Z",
"published": "2023-04-11T09:30:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24544"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU96824262"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.buffalo.jp/news/detail/20230310-01.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-46
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
- Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
- Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
CAPEC-19: Embedding Scripts within Scripts
An adversary leverages the capability to execute their own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute due to programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts.
CAPEC-441: Malicious Logic Insertion
An adversary installs or adds malicious logic (also known as malware) into a seemingly benign component of a fielded system. This logic is often hidden from the user of the system and works behind the scenes to achieve negative impacts. With the proliferation of mass digital storage and inexpensive multimedia devices, Bluetooth and 802.11 support, new attack vectors for spreading malware are emerging for things we once thought of as innocuous greeting cards, picture frames, or digital projectors. This pattern of attack focuses on systems already fielded and used in operation as opposed to systems and their components that are still under development and part of the supply chain.
CAPEC-478: Modification of Windows Service Configuration
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to modify the execution parameters of a Windows service. The goal of this attack is to execute a malicious binary in place of an existing service.
CAPEC-479: Malicious Root Certificate
An adversary exploits a weakness in authorization and installs a new root certificate on a compromised system. Certificates are commonly used for establishing secure TLS/SSL communications within a web browser. When a user attempts to browse a website that presents a certificate that is not trusted an error message will be displayed to warn the user of the security risk. Depending on the security settings, the browser may not allow the user to establish a connection to the website. Adversaries have used this technique to avoid security warnings prompting users when compromised systems connect over HTTPS to adversary controlled web servers that spoof legitimate websites in order to collect login credentials.
CAPEC-502: Intent Spoof
An adversary, through a previously installed malicious application, issues an intent directed toward a specific trusted application's component in an attempt to achieve a variety of different objectives including modification of data, information disclosure, and data injection. Components that have been unintentionally exported and made public are subject to this type of an attack. If the component trusts the intent's action without verififcation, then the target application performs the functionality at the adversary's request, helping the adversary achieve the desired negative technical impact.
CAPEC-503: WebView Exposure
An adversary, through a malicious web page, accesses application specific functionality by leveraging interfaces registered through WebView's addJavascriptInterface API. Once an interface is registered to WebView through addJavascriptInterface, it becomes global and all pages loaded in the WebView can call this interface.
CAPEC-536: Data Injected During Configuration
An attacker with access to data files and processes on a victim's system injects malicious data into critical operational data during configuration or recalibration, causing the victim's system to perform in a suboptimal manner that benefits the adversary.
CAPEC-546: Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
An adversary obtains unauthorized information due to insecure or incomplete data deletion in a multi-tenant environment. If a cloud provider fails to completely delete storage and data from former cloud tenants' systems/resources, once these resources are allocated to new, potentially malicious tenants, the latter can probe the provided resources for sensitive information still there.
CAPEC-550: Install New Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Adversaries may install a new service which will be executed at startup (on a Windows system, by modifying the registry). The service name may be disguised by using a name from a related operating system or benign software. Services are usually run with elevated privileges.
CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Modifying existing services may break existing services or may enable services that are disabled/not commonly used.
CAPEC-552: Install Rootkit
An adversary exploits a weakness in authentication to install malware that alters the functionality and information provide by targeted operating system API calls. Often referred to as rootkits, it is often used to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.
CAPEC-556: Replace File Extension Handlers
When a file is opened, its file handler is checked to determine which program opens the file. File handlers are configuration properties of many operating systems. Applications can modify the file handler for a given file extension to call an arbitrary program when a file with the given extension is opened.
CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable
An adversary exploits weaknesses in privilege management or access control to replace a trusted executable with a malicious version and enable the execution of malware when that trusted executable is called.
CAPEC-562: Modify Shared File
An adversary manipulates the files in a shared location by adding malicious programs, scripts, or exploit code to valid content. Once a user opens the shared content, the tainted content is executed.
CAPEC-563: Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
An adversaries may add malicious content to a website through the open file share and then browse to that content with a web browser to cause the server to execute the content. The malicious content will typically run under the context and permissions of the web server process, often resulting in local system or administrative privileges depending on how the web server is configured.
CAPEC-564: Run Software at Logon
Operating system allows logon scripts to be run whenever a specific user or users logon to a system. If adversaries can access these scripts, they may insert additional code into the logon script. This code can allow them to maintain persistence or move laterally within an enclave because it is executed every time the affected user or users logon to a computer. Modifying logon scripts can effectively bypass workstation and enclave firewalls. Depending on the access configuration of the logon scripts, either local credentials or a remote administrative account may be necessary.
CAPEC-578: Disable Security Software
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to disable security tools so that detection does not occur. This can take the form of killing processes, deleting registry keys so that tools do not start at run time, deleting log files, or other methods.